Word Study · Strong's H8553 · Hebrew
תִּמְנָה
Timnah
tim-naw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Timnâh
“Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Timnah, Timnath, Thimnathah.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- תִּמְנָ֑תָה3
- בְתִמְנָ֖תָה1
- בְּתִמְנָ֖תָה1
- וְתִמְנָ֑ה1
- וְתִמְנָ֖תָה1
- תִּמְנָ֣ה1
- תִּמְנָֽה׃1
- תִמְנָ֖תָה1
- תִמְנָ֔תָה1
- תִּמְנָֽתָה׃1
How it is rendered · 5
- Timnah towards6
- in Timnah towards2
- Timnah2
- and Timnah1
- and Timnah towards1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)6
- proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl/Sd · 6
- HNpl · 2
- HR/Npl/Sd · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
- HC/Npl/Sd · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Judges carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 38:12תִּמְנָֽתָה׃timnatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.here: Timnah towards
- Genesis 38:13תִמְנָ֖תָהtimnatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”here: Timnah towards
- Genesis 38:14תִּמְנָ֑תָהtimnatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.here: Timnah towards
Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 15:10תִּמְנָֽה׃timnahproper noun (a name)The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.here: Timnah
- Joshua 15:57וְתִמְנָ֑הvetimnahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.here: and Timnah
- Joshua 19:43וְתִמְנָ֖תָהvetimnatahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Elon, Timnah, Ekron,here: and Timnah towards
Judges5 occurrences
- Judges 14:1תִּמְנָ֑תָהtimnatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.here: Timnah towards
- Judges 14:1בְּתִמְנָ֖תָהbetimnatahpreposition + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.here: in Timnah towards
- Judges 14:2בְתִמְנָ֖תָהvetimnatahpreposition + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”here: in Timnah towards
- Judges 14:5תִּמְנָ֑תָהtimnatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,here: Timnah towards
- Judges 14:5תִמְנָ֔תָהtimnatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,here: Timnah towards